Sexual intercourse can play a strong role in human bonding, often being used solely for pleasure and leading to stronger emotional bonds.Non-penetrative sex (for example, non-penetrative cunnilingus) has been referred to as "outercourse", but may also be among the sexual acts contributing to human bonding and considered intercourse. The term sex can be taken to mean any mutual genital stimulation or to mean any form of sexual activity (i.e. all forms of intercourse and "outercourse"). Individuals can be at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, and thus safe sex practices are advised.

Arabic (العربيةal-ʻarabīyah or عربي/عربىʿarabī) is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century CE. This includes both the literary language (Modern Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, used in most written documents as well as in formal spoken occasions, such as lectures and radio broadcasts) and the spoken Arabic varieties, spoken in a wide arc of territory stretching across the Middle East and North Africa. Arabic is a Central Semitic language, most closely related to Hebrew, Aramaic, Ugaritic and Phoenician. Written Arabic is distinct from and more conservative than all of the spoken varieties, and the two exist in a state known as diglossia, used side-by-side for different societal functions.

Some of the spoken varieties are mutually unintelligible, and the varieties as a whole constitute a sociolinguistic language. This means that on purely linguistic grounds they would likely be considered to constitute more than one language, but are commonly grouped together as a single language for political and/or ethnic reasons. If considered multiple languages, it is unclear how many languages there would be, as the spoken varieties form a dialect chain with no clear boundaries. If Arabic is considered a single language, it counts more than 300 million first language speakers (according to some estimates, as high as 340 million), more than that of any other Semitic language. If considered separate languages, the most-spoken variety would most likely be Egyptian Arabic, with more than 50 million native speakers — still greater than any other Semitic language.

Pornographic films appeared shortly after the creation of the motion picture in the early 1900s. Pornographic films have much in common with other forms of pornography and erotica.

Throughout its history, the movie camera has been used for pornography, but for most of that time pornographic films were typically available only by underground distribution, for projection at home or in private clubs and also night cinemas. Only in the 1970s were pornographic films semi-legitimized; by the 1980s, pornography on home video achieved wider distribution. The rise of the Internet in the late 1990s and early 2000s similarly changed distribution of pornography, and furthermore complicated legal prosecution of obscenity.

LOS ANGELES -- It used to be that Ronda Rousey needed a minute to finish her fights. Now, she's getting two of them done in half of that time. The most dominant fighter in the world continued her mind-boggling run of destruction Saturday, submitting previously unbeaten top contender Cat Zingano in just 14 seconds in the main event of UFC 184 at Staples Center to retain her women's bantamweight title ... She then flung Rousey down....

MOSCOW (AP) — One by one, thousands of mourners and dignitaries filed past the white-lined coffin of slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov on Tuesday, many offering flowers as they paid their last respects to one of the most prominent figures of Russia's beleaguered opposition ...Nemtsov was shot to death late Friday while walking on a bridge near the Kremlin with a companion. No suspects have been arrested ... "He was our ray of light ... ....

Scientists say they are hugely excited to learn the origin of two bright spots on the surface of Ceres. The US space agency's Dawn probe is bearing down on the dwarf planet and on Friday will be captured by its gravity. That will allow the satellite to spiral down in altitude in the coming months, to take ever sharper images of the spots, which sit inside a wide crater ... One of these sectors includes the location of the spots ... ....

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — A crowd beat to death a teenage girl accused of planning to be a suicide bomber and then set her body ablaze Sunday, according to police and witnesses at a northeastern Nigerian market. A second suspect, also a teenage girl, was arrested at Muda Lawal, the biggest market in Bauchi city ...People overpowered one girl and discovered she had two bottles strapped to her body, he said ... ....

(Source. QNB - Qatar National BankSAQ) Web Posted on . Tue, 24 Feb 2015. Download the PDF version of this weekly commentary in Englishor عربي. Bank Indonesia (BI) unexpectedly cut its policy rate by 25 basis points to 7.5% last week. Out of the 20 economists surveyed by Bloomberg, zero expected a cut in rates and the consensus forecast was very much for further tightening during 2015 ...IDR and Bank Indonesia Policy Rate. Sources....

(Source. QNB - Qatar National BankSAQ) Web Posted on . Sun, 15 Feb 2015. Download the PDF version of this weekly commentary in Englishor عربي. The Brent crude oil price fell 57% between June 2014 and January 2015 to a low of USD45 per barrel (/b). Over the last three weeks, however the oil price has rebounded by 31% to a peak of USD59/b ... These technical factors are likely to be temporary ... distributed by ... (noodl. 26915371) ....

(Source. QNB - Qatar National BankSAQ) Web Posted on . Tue, 27 Jan 2015. Download the PDF version of this weekly commentary in English or عربي. Slowing GDP growth in China is leading to weaker demand for commodities, contributing to lower global commodity prices ... The IMF expects the slowdown to continue, which could push commodity prices down further in 2015 and beyond ... Risks in real estate could also be a drag ... (noodl....

(Source. QNB - Qatar National BankSAQ). Download the PDF version of this weekly commentary in English or عربي. The non-hydrocarbon sector in Qatar continues to drive economic growth, pushing its share of GDP to over half (50.7%) in Q3 2014 for the first time from 49.0% in Q2 2014 ... Non-hydrocarbon growth was spurred by large investments in major infrastructure projects and by the fast growing population ... Sources ... (noodl....

(Source. QNB - Qatar National BankSAQ). Download the PDF version of this weekly commentary in English or عربي. As 2014 comes to an end, the global economy shows signs of weakness with significant downside risks. Some of these risks are likely to materialise next year, leaving the global economy in worse shape than in 2014. We make five predictions that we expect will shape the global economic outlook for 2015 and beyond ... 1 ... 2 ... costs....